by jared | Aug 2, 2016 | Featured
Rabbi David Widzer, a member of the Eisner Camp faculty, shares the importance of camp to his congregation: When a student at Temple Beth El becomes Bar or Bat Mitzvah, on Shabbat morning when we take the Torah from the Ark, we call forward the student’s parents,...
by jared | Aug 1, 2016 | Featured
The first week of second session has come and gone – what have our units been up to since Monday’s Opening Day? K’tanim K’tanim session 3 is off to a roaring start! After meeting our new friends on Opening Day, we had a week full of exciting...
by jared | Jul 28, 2016 | Featured
by Rabbi Herman Blumberg, alum What would groups of Eisner campers, ages seven to thirteen, want to talk about with a few elderly visitors who attended the camp before their parents were born? The sessions on this lovely Berkshire summer Sunday morning were billed as...
by jared | Jul 19, 2016 | Featured
by Samantha “Twiggy” S., Olim camper Last week, I visited a food pantry in the basement of a church in Great Barrington called The People’s Pantry. I went with four other Olim campers and our Associate Director, Laura Gurvis. I had never been to a...
by jared | Jul 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Another fantastic week, one full of trips and special activities, is in the books – what have our units been up to? K’tanim It’s been an exciting week in K’tanim! On Monday, 12 new campers joined our unit, and they’ve already made many friends! On Wednesday, we...